Ofsted Visit Analysis – Page 4

Waiting times since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit – all and south east authorities as at 18/07/2025

Table 4.1: Number of days since the start of last Ofsted full inspection visit with a published report

SE Rank	South East LAs	Type	Grade	Days waited	Ntl Rank 153	Next inspection window opens: based on Table 4.3 Minimum and current grade	Next inspection window opens: based on Table 4.3 Average and current grade	Next inspection window opens: based on Table 4.3 Maximum and current grade
1	West Berkshire	ILACS1	Good	1,222	13	27/01/2025	15/06/2025	20/10/2025
2	Kent	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,166	19	17/03/2025	21/07/2025	8/12/2025
3	Bracknell Forest	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,131	20	21/04/2025	25/08/2025	12/01/2026
4	Slough	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	907	46	01/09/2025	24/01/2026	23/03/2026
5	Wokingham	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	865	54	13/10/2025	07/03/2026	04/05/2026
6	West Sussex	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	858	56	20/10/2025	14/03/2026	11/05/2026
7	Portsmouth	ILACS2	Good	795	62	30/03/2026	16/08/2026	21/12/2026
8	Southampton	ILACS2	Good	774	63	20/04/2026	06/09/2026	11/01/2027
9	Medway	ILACS2	Good	732	70	01/06/2026	18/10/2026	22/02/2027
10	Isle of Wight	ILACS2	Good	627	78	14/09/2026	31/01/2027	07/06/2027
11	East Sussex	ILACS2	Good	585	87	26/10/2026	14/03/2027	19/07/2027
12	Oxfordshire	ILACS2	Good	522	89	28/12/2026	16/05/2027	20/09/2027
13	Brighton and Hove	ILACS2	Outstanding	494	94	18/01/2027	24/05/2027	11/10/2027
14	Reading	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	452	98	30/11/2026	24/04/2027	21/06/2027
15	Hampshire	ILACS2	Outstanding	403	111	19/04/2027	23/08/2027	10/01/2028
16	Windsor and Maidenhead	ILACS2	Good	284	123	23/08/2027	09/01/2028	15/05/2028
17	Milton Keynes	ILACS2	Good	263	127	13/09/2027	30/01/2028	05/06/2028
18	Buckinghamshire	ILACS2	Requires Improvement	172	140	06/09/2027	29/01/2028	27/03/2028
19	Surrey	ILACS2	Good	123	145	31/01/2028	18/06/2028	23/10/2028

National Rank of 153	National LAs	Type	Grade	Days waited
1	North East Lincolnshire	ILACS1	Inadequate	1,383
2	Bury	ILACS1	Inadequate	1,362
3	Bedford Borough	ILACS1	Good	1.341
4	Warwickshire	ILACS1	Good	1,334
5	Sutton	ILACS1	Good	1,334
6	Richmond upon Thames	ILACS1	Good	1,264
7=	Shropshire	ILACS1	Good	1,257
7=	Gloucestershire	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,257
9=	Sefton	ILACS1	Inadequate	1,243
9=	Leeds	ILACS2	Outstanding	1,243
11=	Merton	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,236
11=	Bath and North East Somerset	ILACS1	Good	1,236
13	West Berkshire	ILACS1	Good	1,222
14=	Torbay	ILACS1	Good	1,215
14=	Manchester	ILACS1	Good	1,215
16=	Wolverhampton	ILACS1	Good	1,210
16=	Stockport	ILACS1	Good	1,210
18=	Wigan	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,166
18=	Sandwell	ILACS1	Requires Improvement	1,166
18=	Kent	ILACS1	Outstanding	1,166

Table 4.2: Last 20 published reports: number of days waited, and position on the waiting list when picked, at the start of last Ofsted full inspection

Start Date	Local Authority	Wait between inspection type	Grade Before	Grade After	Position in waiting list when taken	Days waited
May 2025	Wakefield	ILACS2 – ILACS3	Good	Good	4	1232
May 2025	Stoke-on-Trent	ILACS2 – ILACS3	Requires Improvement	Requires Improvement	36	952
May 2025	Stockport	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Requires Improvement	20	1,141
May 2025	Derby	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Outstanding	15	1,155
May 2025	Walsall	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	1	1,316
May 2025	Newcastle upon Tyne	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	7	1,260
March 2025	Durham	ILACS2 – ILACS3	Good	Outstanding	22	1,050
March 2025	Surrey	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Good	10	1,155
March 2025	Dorset (new)	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	1	1,267
March 2025	Central Bedfordshire	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	10	1,148
March 2025	Blackburn with Darwen	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Good	12	1,134
March 2025	Camden	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Outstanding	26	1,043
February 2025	York	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Outstanding	20	1,088
January 2025	Buckinghamshire	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Requires Improvement	11	1,148
January 2025	Sunderland	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Outstanding	1	1,309
January 2025	Doncaster	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Requires Improvement	Good	19	1,071
January 2025	Harrow	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Inadequate	1	1,806
December 2024	Kingston upon Thames	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Outstanding	2	1,869
December 2024	Islington	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Outstanding	Outstanding	4	1,729
December 2024	Gateshead	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	1	2.044

Table 4.3: Wait in days between completed post-covid ILACS inspections (start-date to start-date)

Grade before inspection	No.	Minimum	Average	Maximum
Outstanding	3	1,043	1,169	1,309
Good	7	1,050	1,189	1,316
Requires Improvement	8	952	1,098	1,155
Inadequate	1	1,092	1,092	1,092
All ILACS inspections	19	952	1,145	1,316

Table 4.4: All-time longest waits for a main inspection

National Rank	LA	Wait between inspection type	Grade before	Grade after	Days waited	Dates
1	Sefton	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Requires Improvement	Inadequate	2,191	Feb 2016 – Feb 2022
2	Poole (now closed)	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Requires Improvement	2,142	Oct 2011 – Sep 2017
3	Oxfordshire	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	2,128	Apr 2018 – Feb 2024
4	Brighton and Hove	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	2,072	Jul 2018 – Mar 2024
5=	Bury	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Requires Improvement	Inadequate	2,072	Feb 2016 – Oct 2021
5=	Blackburn with Darwen	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,072	Jan 2012 – Sep 2017
7	Hartlepool	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	2,065	Jul 2018 – Mar 2024
8	Sheffield	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Requires Improvement	Good	2,064	Nov 2013 – Jul 2019
9	Derbyshire	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Good	Requires Improvement	2,057	Nov 2013 – Jul 2019
10	Wolverhampton	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Requires Improvement	Good	2,051	Jun 2011 – Jan 2017
11	Gateshead	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	2,044	Apr 2019 – Dec 2024
12=	Southwark	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Good	Good	2,030	Mar 2017 – Sep 2022
12=	Camden	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,030	Feb 2012 – Sep 2017
14	Richmond upon Thames	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,016	Mar 2012 – Sep 2017
15	Warwickshire	SIF1 – ILACS1 (no SIF2)	Good	Requires Improvement	2,010	May 2017 – Nov 2021
16	Havering	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Inadequate	2,009	Jun 2018 – Dec 2023
17	Bracknell Forest	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,006	Oct 2011 – Apr 2017
18	Merton	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	2,005	Jan 2012 – July 2017
19	Hillingdon	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Outstanding	1,995	Apr 2018 – Oct 2023
20=	Waltham Forest	ILACS1 – ILACS2	Good	Good	1,988	Jan 2019 – Jul 2024
20=	Wirral	SLAC – SIF1 (no LACPI)	Good	Good	1,988	Jan 2011 – Jul 2016

NB the database starts from the date of SLAC inspections which run between June 2009 and July 2012

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